The 1952 LPGA Tour was the third season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 4 to October 28. The season consisted of 24 official money events. Betsy Rawls won the most tournaments, eight. Rawls led the money list with earnings of $14,505.
There was only one first-time winner in 1952, Marlene Bauer.
The tournament results are listed below.
Tournament results The following table shows all the official money events for the 1952 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold.
Date Tournament Location Winner Score Purse ($) 1st prize ($) Jan 6 Jacksonville Open Florida Louise Suggs (10) 277 3,000 750 Jan 20 Tampa Open Florida Louise Suggs (11) 293 3,500 1,000 Feb 17 Miami Weathervane Florida Babe Zaharias (28) 145 3,000 750 Mar 2 Sarasota Open Florida Marlene Bauer (1) 71 350 Mar 16 Titleholders Championship Georgia Babe Zaharias (29) 299 2,100 1,000 Mar 30 New Orleans Women's Open Louisiana Patty Berg (22) 299 3,925 1,000 Apr 12 Houston Weathervane Texas Betsy Rawls (3) 140 3,000 750 Apr 14 Corpus Christi Tournament Texas Betty Jameson (5) 74 375 Apr 28 Richmond Open California Patty Berg (23) 210 3,000 750 Apr 30 Stockton Open California Louise Suggs (12) 72 375 May 1 Bakersfield Open California Marlene Bauer (2) (tie) Betty Jameson (6) Betsy Rawls (4) Babe Zaharias (30) 74 225each May 4 Fresno Open California Babe Zaharias (31) 226 5,000 1,175 May 11 Seattle Weathervane Washington Betsy Rawls (5) 139 3,000 750 Jun 1 New York Weathervane New York Patty Berg (24) 148 3,000 750 Jun 4 Cross Country 144 Hole Weathervane various Betsy Rawls (6) 590 5,000 5,000 Jun 8 Eastern Women's Open Pennsylvania Betsy Rawls (7) 226 875 Jun 21 Women's Western Open Illinois Betsy Rawls (8) 1 up 5,000 1,000 Jun 29 U.S. Women's Open Pennsylvania Louise Suggs (13) 284 7,500 2,000 Aug 10 All American Open Illinois Louise Suggs (14) 300 2,550 1,000 Aug 17 World Championship Illinois Betty Jameson (7) 303 5,000 Sep 7 Carrollton Open Georgia Betsy Rawls (9) 214 (−2) 3,000 750 Sep 10 Thomasville Open Georgia Betsy Rawls (10) 74 375 Oct 19 Betty Jameson Open Texas Louise Suggs (15) 212 875 Oct 28 Women's Texas Open Texas Babe Zaharias (32) 7 & 6 300
References
External links LPGA Tour official site